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Cover of Seven and the Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran
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“The Reflex” by Duran Duran

From the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)

“The Reflex” by Duran Duran appears on 18 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1983 and 2023. It was first released in 1983 on the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Its best result is #22 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 1984, #1,860 alternative song of all time and #133 of the '80s.

18countdowns
11stations
#22best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1983–2023years charted

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Duran Duran - The Reflex (Official Music Video)

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"The Reflex" was the third and final single pulled from Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and it came out in April 1984 in a heavily remixed form: Nile Rodgers and Jason Corsaro took the album track apart and rebuilt it into a stuttering dance-floor weapon. All five members share the writing credit, and the band produced the original with Alex Sadkin and Ian Little, with Michelle Cobbs and B.J. Nelson on backing vocals.

Simon Le Bon's vocal glides over a tight, funky Euro-pop groove, and the remix gave the band its first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and its second in Britain, where it also helped keep Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" off the American top spot. The video was shot on the band's tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 5 March 1984.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 53 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1984 29 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 106
1984 22 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 322 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1991 469 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 270 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1996 236 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 265 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 45 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 740 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 82 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 988 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 81 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2004 475 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 469 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2021 379 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 270 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 178 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850

Charting alongside it in 1984

Best songs of 1984 →
  1. 1Two TribesFrankie Goes to Hollywood
  2. 2Pride (In the Name of Love)U2
  3. 3RelaxFrankie Goes to Hollywood
  4. 4The Wild BoysDuran Duran
  5. 5The Killing MoonEcho and the Bunnymen
  6. 6TendernessGeneral Public

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